Mysteries of the Pentecostal power religion

Perhaps, one of the greatest influence of Gnosticism on Pentecostalism is the notion of power religion, There is a misguided belief in the authority of the believer where some think they have a lot of authority to the extent that they can bind Satan by them selves; they lift them selves up to the point of ordering God. Which Satanism can be more than that?

Let us have a few quotations from Kenyon’s book and you will discover that the modern day Pentecostals received there teaching about power from this man and not from God.

“We know that God himself put Satan and all his ability beneath our feet, and we are looked upon by the Farther and Satan, as masters of the dominion of darkness”1

However, the Bible comments about this in a totally different manner: “For He must reign until he has put all enemies under his feet” I Corinthians 15:25. The Bible makes it clear that dominion and authority are for Jesus and the believer access them through Jesus, but Kenyon and many Pentecostals believe that they have the authority and dominion over Satan.

Kenyon continues to write in his book that
“We are taking Jesus’ place”2
“That authority and that ability belong to the believer…the recreated man is supernatural…he is a superman”

The major difference between the words of Kenyon and the Pentecostal visa vie the Bible is that Kenyon and the Pentecostals place authority not in the hands of Jesus but in the hands of the believer, Some Pentecostals may not have realized this but many think they have a lot of power in them. The real issue is that a believer has access to authority through Jesus but not authority in themselves as many think. You should not forget that these cultic teachings crept into Pentecostalism form Kenyon through Kenneth Hagin

References
. E.W Kenyon, In his presence pg 92
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